“So the idea we had was rather than punishing the people responsible, we want to invite them to come to talk to us to find out what they want from the skatepark itself.

“They will have amnesty and will not be punished.

“They obviously aren’t happy with what we’re doing here and so we will meet with them and find out what they want us to do so they don’t feel the need to take the park apart again.”

The attack is the latest in a series of vandalism incidents in the town.

Since January, vandals have twice damaged play equipment in the memorial park, including an attack just after the first repairs had been done.

Yobs managed to uproot the play equipment from its concrete base and push it over, which caused £12,000 worth of damage.

Then, just hours after the newly repaired equipment was installed, arsonists torched the facility.

The damage was not serious, but the incident led to another clean-up operation.

Vandals also ripped out a £1,500 information sign and threw it into the Memorial Ground’s balancing pond and caused serious damage to a 100-seat stand at Sandhurst Town Football Club after setting it on fire.

The blaze left the football club with a hefty bill.

A dog-walker spotted a group of teenagers running away from the stand as it burnt, but so far police have not found who is responsible.

Lesley added that the town council was also happy to meet other users of the skatepark to discuss improvements.